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Overview of adj earlier The adj earlier has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (18) earlier -- (occurring earlier in time; "on earlier occasions") 2. earlier, earliest -- ((comparative and superlative of `early') more early than most early; "a fashion popular in earlier times"; "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher"; "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera") Overview of adj early The adj early has 6 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (80) early -- (at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties") 2. (22) early -- (being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer) 3. (10) early, former, other -- (of the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times") 4. (6) early -- (very young; "at an early age") 5. (2) early -- ((linguistics) of an early stage in the development of a language or literature; "the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C."; "Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700") 6. early -- (expected in the near future; "look for an early end to the negotiations") Overview of adv earlier The adv earlier has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (18) earlier, before -- (earlier in time; previously; "I had known her before"; "as I said before"; "he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier"; "her parents had died four years earlier"; "I mentioned that problem earlier") 2. (7) sooner, earlier -- (comparatives of `soon' or `early'; "Come a little sooner, if you can"; "came earlier than I expected") 3. (1) in the first place earlier, in the beginning, to begin with originally -- (before now "why didn't you tell me in the first place?") Antonyms of adj earlier 2 senses of earlier Sense 1 earlier INDIRECT (VIA future, past) -> present INDIRECT (VIA past, present) -> future Sense 2 earlier, earliest INDIRECT (VIA late, early) -> middle INDIRECT (VIA early, middle) -> late Antonyms of adj early 6 senses of early Sense 1 early (vs. middle) (vs. late) middle (vs. late) (vs. early) => intervening => mid(postnominal) late (vs. early) (vs. middle) => advanced, ripe => after-hours => in arrears(prenominal) => later(postnominal), last(postnominal), latter(postnominal) => latish => posthumous Sense 2 early (vs. late) late (vs. early), later(postnominal) => advanced(postnominal) => tardive Sense 3 early(postnominal), former(postnominal), other(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA future, past) -> present INDIRECT (VIA past, present) -> future Sense 4 early INDIRECT (VIA young) -> old Sense 5 early (vs. middle) (vs. late) middle (vs. late) (vs. early) late (vs. early) (vs. middle) => Modern, New => New Sense 6 early INDIRECT (VIA present, future) -> past INDIRECT (VIA future, past) -> present Similarity of adj earlier 2 senses of earlier Sense 1 earlier => past (vs. present) (vs. future) Sense 2 earlier, earliest => early (vs. middle) (vs. late) Similarity of adj early 6 senses of early Sense 1 early (vs. middle) (vs. late) => aboriginal, primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial => advance(postnominal), beforehand(prenominal) => archean, archaean => archeozoic, archaeozoic => azoic => earlier, earliest => earlyish => matutinal => premature, untimely => previous(prenominal), premature => proterozoic => proto(postnominal) => wee Also See-> first#1 Sense 2 early (vs. late) => archaic, primitive => baby, new young => beginning(postnominal), novice(postnominal) => crude, primitive, rude => embryo(postnominal), embryonic, embryotic, in embryo => incipient, inchoate => precocious Sense 3 early(postnominal), former(postnominal), other(postnominal) => past (vs. present) (vs. future) Sense 4 early => young (vs. old), immature Sense 5 early (vs. middle) (vs. late) => Old Sense 6 early => future (vs. past) (vs. present) Attributes of adj earlier Attributes of adj early 1 of 6 senses of early Sense 1 early (vs. middle) (vs. late) => timing Familiarity of adj earlier earlier used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Familiarity of adj early early used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 6) Grep of adj earlier earlier Grep of adj early biyearly early earlyish pearly yearly Overview of adj earlier The adj earlier has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (18) earlier -- (occurring earlier in time; "on earlier occasions") 2. earlier, earliest -- ((comparative and superlative of `early') more early than most early; "a fashion popular in earlier times"; "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher"; "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera") Overview of adj early The adj early has 6 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (80) early -- (at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties") 2. (22) early -- (being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer) 3. (10) early, former, other -- (of the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times") 4. (6) early -- (very young; "at an early age") 5. (2) early -- ((linguistics) of an early stage in the development of a language or literature; "the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C."; "Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700") 6. early -- (expected in the near future; "look for an early end to the negotiations") Overview of adv earlier The adv earlier has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (18) earlier, before -- (earlier in time; previously; "I had known her before"; "as I said before"; "he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier"; "her parents had died four years earlier"; "I mentioned that problem earlier") 2. (7) sooner, earlier -- (comparatives of `soon' or `early'; "Come a little sooner, if you can"; "came earlier than I expected") 3. (1) in the first place earlier, in the beginning, to begin with originally -- (before now "why didn't you tell me in the first place?")
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